Projects at Work
  • Knowledge-Sharing

    Project Tribes

    - by Alfredo Zangara, PMP (June 18, 2013)

    The knowledge found in project teams can be invaluable, but it isn’t always shared or understood by those outside "the tribe.” Technologies, processes and mindsets are evolving to create a new era of collaboration. By following key principles, tribal knowledge can be turned into organizational power.

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  • Professional Development

    Be the Change

    - by Adriana Beal (May 29, 2013)

    Are you being slighted by project team members and stakeholders? Are your ideas ignored or credited to others? Don’t waste any more time and energy complaining — take these three steps to turn the situation around, elevate your role, and become an influencer in your workplace.

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  • Agile

    Weigh the Work Ahead

    - by Kyle Roozen (April 24, 2013)

    How can your team accurately predict and communicate meaningful delivery timelines when it is constantly fielding changes from the multiple business units it serves? Here is a detailed look at how one Scrum-centered team used a four-step approach to estimate timelines for work far into the future.

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Leadership

Lost Leaders

- by Andy Jordan (June 12, 2013)

Sometimes we don’t recognize when we are in the presence of a good leader until after we have moved on. We judge differences in personality and style too quickly, reflect on their potential value too slowly, and lose out on opportunities to grow as leaders ourselves.

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Requirements

Develop Requirements Analysts

- by Doug Jackson (June 11, 2013)

The best way to improve project outcomes is to improve requirements analysis. But as programs grow increasingly complex, organizations must go beyond methodologies to develop and broaden the capabilities of their requirements analysts, starting with these 10 skills.

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TOP CONTRIBUTORS

Dave Prior

Agile Consultant, BigVisible Solutions
Dave Prior, PMP, CST, MBA is an Agile Consultant for BigVisible where he…

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Principal, Vincent McGevna Consulting
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Scrum Master
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Contributing Editor, ProjectsAtWork
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Editorial Director, ProjectsAtWork.com
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